Recently I was having a conversation with a friend and she mentioned how many Bukharians are not only changing their last names, but first names as well. Not only that, but the names resemble those of other ethnic groups. Here is one is example that got me rolling on the floor:

Nerik Kusayev becomes Enrique Cosco :D

I understand this guy had plenty of reason to change his obviously akward last name, but look to what extreme he went.. Now he sounds like a Latino-Hispanic.

Recently I was having a conversation with a friend and she mentioned how many Bukharians are not only canging their last names, but first names as well. Not only that, but the names resemble those of other ethnic groups. Here is one is example that got me rolling on the floor:

Nerik Kusayev becomes Enrique Cosco :D

I understand this guy had plenty of reason to change his obviously akward last name, but look to what extreme he went.. Now he sounds like a Latino-Hispanic.

Are you "shopping" for a new name as well?

Btw, Nerik has not legally changed his name to Enrique. It is his stage name...do not worry, he is still amongs us ;-)

Are you "shopping" for a new name as well?

Btw, Nerik has not legally changed his name to Enrique. It is his stage name...do not worry, he is still amongs us ;-)

No, I have no reason to. My name is fairly balanced and not ultra-ethnic. Ican reveal it only upon request. ;)
lol I don't know the guy personally, I just know someone who knows him. "Stage" name? Is he into acting?

No, I have no reason to. My name is fairly balanced and not ultra-ethnic. Ican reveal it only upon request. ;)
lol I don't know the guy personally, I just know someone who knows him. "Stage" name? Is he into acting?

Pretty much ... he was singing at my wedding...

I have decided to put in that request as you have just offered...send it over at my pm box :party20:

I know many people who changed their last names. The new once are so funny/stupid, it looses the whole bukh identity... :sign58:

i think ladies can change their last names
if they want to
it will not last "long" anyway (kids adapt father's last name anyway)

Recently I was having a conversation with a friend and she mentioned how many Bukharians are not only changing their last names, but first names as well. Not only that, but the names resemble those of other ethnic groups. Here is one is example that got me rolling on the floor:

Nerik Kusayev becomes Enrique Cosco :D

I understand this guy had plenty of reason to change his obviously akward last name, but look to what extreme he went.. Now he sounds like a Latino-Hispanic.

not COsko, he became Cosa actually, when I heard that, I thought he should have become Kusa :D, I mean this is the only logical step if you remove either ov/ova or yev/yeva

Are you "shopping" for a new name as well?

Btw, Nerik has not legally changed his name to Enrique. It is his stage name...do not worry, he is still amongs us ;-)

did you check his license?

check his license, it says Enrique Cosa

Translate his last name into Bukharian :D. Doesn't it mean "Bowl"?

Kusa would defeat the purpose of changing it lol..

I have heard of a Bukharian guy who was named Enrico at birth and he is in his 40's. But Enrico is more European. Enrique is so South American.....

Translate his last name into Bukharian :D. Doesn't it mean "Bowl"?

Kusa would defeat the purpose of changing it lol..

I have heard of a Bukharian guy who was named Enrico at birth and he is in his 40's. But Enrico is more European. Enrique is so South American.....

ehhh, ne v etom delo, Bachim you're missing the point I was trying to make. heheheh I think that's what he says.

ehhh, ne v etom delo, Bachim you're missing the point I was trying to make. heheheh I think that's what he says.


I don't think you had a point to begin with my dear :). As always...

check his license, it says Enrique Cosa

What really interests me is how you got to see his driver's license.. :D

No, I have no reason to. My name is fairly balanced and not ultra-ethnic. Ican reveal it only upon request. ;)
lol I don't know the guy personally, I just know someone who knows him. "Stage" name? Is he into acting?

I heard about this guy Yakov/Jacob who has changed his name to Jack.
Although he is thinking of becoming a JONN now, since he has always been a Yanik at home.
Very balanced and ultra-ethnic. :cool43:

I heard about this guy Yakov/Jacob who has changed his name to Jack.
Although he is thinking of becoming a JONN now, since he has always been a Yanik at home.
Very balanced and ultra-ethnic. :cool43:

First of all I am Jacob/Yanik and yes I was considering making it Jon to match Yan because my Hebrew name is Yehiel anyway. My Soviet birth certificate had Yakov originally, but that was never my intended name.

My best friend is Jack/Yakov who also grew up in the USA together with me since the age of 1. I also have an aquaitence named Jon, who was born here. Please get your facts straight....

First of all I am Jacob/Yanik and yes I was considering making it Jon to match Yan because my Hebrew name is Yehiel anyway. My Soviet birth certificate had Yakov originally, but that was never my intended name.

My best friend is Jack/Yakov who also grew up in the USA together with me since the age of 1. I also have an aquaitence named Jon, who was born here. Please get your facts straight....


whoa....i love the name Yehiel. its gorgeous.

did you check his license?

Yes, he turned out to be an excellent driver :party15:

Yes, he turned out to be an excellent driver :party15: lol what's up with the drinking buddies?

whoa....i love the name Yehiel. its gorgeous.

Thank you so much :happy29:

i have a co-worker
his last name is Harik
he is not changing it
he doesnt even know what it means


P.S. he is not buharian

whoa....i love the name Yehiel. its gorgeous.

why is it so hard for some people to use their Hebrew name as the one and only name? Especially when it is so "gorgeous"!
is it because they are ashamed of it? American friends won't find it cool?
Jacob/Yanik/Jack/Jon, do you know?

why is it so hard for some people to use their Hebrew name as the one and only name? Especially when it is so "gorgeous"!
is it because they are ashamed of it? American friends won't find it cool?
Jacob/Yanik/Jack/Jon, do you know?

If you feel like using your Jewish name, by all means whatever floats your boat :). If you feel comfortable being called by your jewish name, that is whats counts.

Up until the 8th grade I was a Yakov, and I never really felt comfortable with it. I then made it Jacob which is the exact equivalent of Yakov anyway, so not much changed.

My friend Yakov, made his Jack earlier back in the 3rd grade, thus he assimilated with the Hispanic crowd quite fast while I made it to the "Intelligent and Gifted Children" class :D. (I am not making a correlation with that based on our names.)

ahhh inquisitor! again, i know this has nothing to do with anything, but i see that u removed ***** from ur quote. now i would like to bother u with one more tiny thing. i never saw or heard of burning at the stake as being one of the punishments for not returning to Hashem.
maybe u want to fix that up also :) please.

ahhh inquisitor! again, i know this has nothing to do with anything, but i see that u removed ***** from ur quote. now i would like to bother u with one more tiny thing. i never saw or heard of burning at the stake as being one of the punishments for not returning to Hashem.
maybe u want to fix that up also :) please.

Dear Ocean, I'm glad to see that you noticed that about Inquisitor's quote, however, what puzzles me is that it most definetly isn't referring to Hashem, but to JC.

ahhh inquisitor! again, i know this has nothing to do with anything, but i see that u removed ***** from ur quote. now i would like to bother u with one more tiny thing. i never saw or heard of burning at the stake as being one of the punishments for not returning to Hashem.
maybe u want to fix that up also :) please.

Admin asked me to remove ****, so I did. I didn't want to get banned, you see.
Admin, I told you there will be members disappointed at that change!

next time your post has nothing to do with anything, just don't post anything. ;)

Admin asked me to remove ****, so I did. I didn't want to get banned, you see.
Admin, I told you there will be members disappointed at that change!

next time your post has nothing to do with anything, just don't post anything. ;)

Inquisitor, you will need to give a little bit of insight of the meaning of your sn for the members to understand about the Inquisition and Gechka...

next time your post has nothing to do with anything, just don't post anything... - this looks like a potential to be your signature. Just like the one TGO has about his brilliant comments :party29:

Admin asked me to remove ****, so I did. I didn't want to get banned, you see.

We, the Admin of Boojle, promote freedom of choice and freedom of speech. But in order to prevent the anarchy among our "family" members, we need to set a tone at the top. I am sure that u are well aware of the laws governing the US constitution amendment of freedom of speech. "We are free and yet not free to do all that we desire"

So let the Freedom with Boundaries reign ....

We, the Admin of Boojle, promote freedom of choice and freedom of speech. But in order to prevent the anarchy among our "family" members, we need to set a tone at the top. I am sure that u are well aware of the laws governing the US constitution amendment of freedom of speech. "We are free and yet not free to do all that we desire"

So let the Freedom with Boundaries reign ....

I agree, Existence without boundaries is chaos!!!!

Some last name changes of people I know:
Matatov=Matt,Mato,Matat,Marks
Khaimov=Khaim,
Barayev=Barr,
Mosheyev=Moshe
Nisanov=Nissan, Niss,
Zavulunov=Zavul,Zavulun,
Kaikov=Kaik,
Rakhimov=Rakhman,
Davidov=Davy,Davido,
Zavlunov=Zaff,
Katayev=Katz,Katt,Kataye,Katta,
Kandov=Kand,
Kaziyev=Qozi
Yakubov=Jacoby,Jacobowitz,Jack,
Nektalov=Nektal,Niko,
Arabov=Arabo,Arab,
Yukhananov=Yuhan,
Shalomov=Shalom,
Abdurakhmanov=Abdurakhim,

The above are just few of the common 1ce, there are many more that i know... :happy05:

Some last name changes of people I know:
Matatov=Matt,Mato,Matat,Marks
Khaimov=Khaim,
Barayev=Barr,
Mosheyev=Moshe
Nisanov=Nissan, Niss,
Zavulunov=Zavul,Zavulun,
Kaikov=Kaik,
Rakhimov=Rakhman,
Davidov=Davy,Davido,
Zavlunov=Zaff,
Katayev=Katz,Katt,Kataye,Katta,
Kandov=Kand,
Kaziyev=Qozi
Yakubov=Jacoby,Jacobowitz,Jack,
Nektalov=Nektal,Niko,
Arabov=Arabo,Arab,
Yukhananov=Yuhan,
Shalomov=Shalom,
Abdurakhmanov=Abdurakhim,

The above are just few of the common 1ce, there are many more that i know... :happy05:

How about Murdakhatchayev???

How about Murdakhatchayev???
lol, i actualy have a close friend by last name of Murdakhayeva, her brother changed it to Morda Khaim :iprayu:

lol, i actualy have a close friend by last name of Murdakhayeva, her brother changed it to Morda Khaim :iprayu:

Would that mean "Kill Life"? It would sound funny in Russian: Morda Khaim'a. Ile Khaima Morda :). Why not simply keep it as Mordechai?

Matatov=Matt,Mato,Marks
Barayev=Barr,
Nisanov=Niss,
Zavulunov=Zavul,
Rakhimov=Rakhman,
Davidov=Davy,Davido,
Zavlunov=Zaff,
Katayev=Katz,Katt,
Kaziyev=Qozi
Yakubov=Jacoby,Jacobowitz,Jack,
Nektalov=Nektal,Niko,

Abdurakhmanov=Abdurakhim, <--this one sounds definatly muslim after the change



These don't make sense and some even sound rediculous. And some turned into ashkenazi last names from Bukharian ones. That's disappointing. What a shame.

Some last name changes of people I know:
Matatov=Matt,Mato,Matat,Marks
Khaimov=Khaim,
Barayev=Barr,
Mosheyev=Moshe
Nisanov=Nissan, Niss,
Zavulunov=Zavul,Zavulun,
Kaikov=Kaik,
Rakhimov=Rakhman,
Davidov=Davy,Davido,
Zavlunov=Zaff,
Katayev=Katz,Katt,Kataye,Katta,
Kandov=Kand,
Kaziyev=Qozi
Yakubov=Jacoby,Jacobowitz,Jack,
Nektalov=Nektal,Niko,
Arabov=Arabo,Arab,
Yukhananov=Yuhan,
Shalomov=Shalom,
Abdurakhmanov=Abdurakhim,

The above are just few of the common 1ce, there are many more that i know... :happy05:

You can add Abramov - Abrams

Would that mean "Kill Life"? It would sound funny in Russian: Morda Khaim'a. Ile Khaima Morda :). Why not simply keep it as Mordechai?

Actually, it should not be two words, it should be one, Mordekhai. Just like that guy's name, from the story, of "Ester Magilam" (i dont know if i spelled correctly word magilam, but that's how i remember it.)

The comment has nothing in common with TGO's -- the comment is about limiting freedom of speech, whereas TGO's is, among other things, to reduce unnecessary aggravation of the poster who doesn't "get it". :)

Inquisitor, you will need to give a little bit of insight of the meaning of your sn for the members to understand about the Inquisition and Gechka...

next time your post has nothing to do with anything, just don't post anything... - this looks like a potential to be your signature. Just like the one TGO has about his brilliant comments :party29:

Actually, it should not be two words, it should be one, Mordekhai. Just like that guy's name, from the story, of "Ester Magilam" (i dont know if i spelled correctly word magilam, but that's how i remember it.)

Megilat Ester :)

Admin asked me to remove ****, so I did. I didn't want to get banned, you see.
Admin, I told you there will be members disappointed at that change!

next time your post has nothing to do with anything, just don't post anything. ;)

lol...im sorry. it has something to do with something, but nothing to do with the topic being discussed. next time ill make a separate thread just for u :)

also, im not disappointed in the change. i think its good that it was removed.